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  • Marijuana Said to Trigger Heart Attacks

    Marijuana can be hard on the heart. In the first hour after smoking pot, a person’s risk of a heart attack could rise almost five times, according to a Harvard…

  • Growing Up Black In Nazi Germany: Author To Speak at Harvard, March 6

    Hans J. Massaquoi, author of Destined to Witness: Growing Up Black in Nazi Germany, (Morrow, 1999) will give a talk about his memoir on Monday, March 6, at 6 p.m.…

  • Professor of Medicine Eva J. Neer Dies at 62

    Professor of Medicine Eva J. Neer ’59 died at her home on Sunday, Feb. 20, from complications of breast cancer. She was 62. Family members say Neer battled the disease…

  • Newsmakers

    Kao is New Curator of Photography Deborah Martin Kao has been appointed the first Richard L. Menschel Curator of Photography at the Fogg Art Museum. The curatorship was made possible…

  • Rev. Spong To Present 101st Annual Noble Lectures

    The future of Christianity will be the subject of a three-part lecture series by the Right Rev. John Shelby Spong, author, theologian, and former Episcopal bishop of Newark, N.J. Spong,…

  • Notes

    Callbacks Headed to Semifinals in A Cappella Championships The Callbacks, one of Harvard’s undergraduate a cappella singing groups, are headed to the semifinal round of the Championship of College A…

  • Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra Concert, March 4

    Under the direction of maestro James Yannatos, the Harvard-Radcliffe Orchestra will perform its third subscription concert of the season on Saturday, March 4, at 8 p.m. in Sanders Theatre. Thomas…

  • The Board of Overseers

    The Board of Overseers is one of Harvard’s two governing boards, the other being the President and Fellows, which is more commonly known as the Corporation. The Overseers’ chief roles…

  • Memorial Service Set for Rev. Price

    A memorial service for the Rev. Charles Philip Price ’41, Preacher to the University and Plummer Professor of Christian Morals from 1960-1972, will be held on Friday, March 3, at…

  • Report of the 1999-2000 Harvard Alumni Association Nominating Committee

    This year the alumni will elect five members of the Board of Overseers and six directors of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA). A nominating committee comprised of Harvard alumni selects…

  • Goodwill Dancing

    The ‘Talented Mr. Damon’ led the celebration of arts and culture at Saturday’s 15th Annual Cultural Rhythms Festival.

  • Longtime Harvard Administrator Robert Shenton Dies at 75

    Robert Shenton, Ph.D. ’62, who served as Secretary to the Corporation and the Board of Overseers from 1971 to 1991, died on Tuesday, Feb. 29, after suffering injuries in a…

  • Senior Lecturer in Psychology Douwe Yntema Dies

    Douwe B. Yntema, a retired senior lecturer in the Psychology Department, died suddenly Feb. 13, in his home in Cambridge. He was 74. Yntema graduated from Swarthmore in 1949, followed…

  • Cheryl Hoffman Joins FAS As Associate Dean for Finance

    Cheryl Hoffman has joined the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as the new associate dean for finance. Hoffman managed the finances of major health care organizations for almost two decades.…

  • Coach Turns Fight for Life Into Lesson

    Editor’s note: Women’s basketball Coach Kathy Delaney-Smith was diagnosed with breast cancer in December. As part of her commitment to education, both of her students and of the broader community,…

  • Community Advisory: Four Recent Street Robberies in Cambridge

    On Feb. 22, Harvard Police received a report that an individual was robbed at gunpoint near Lowell House just after 8 p.m. The suspect reportedly took personal property and fled…

  • Images Show DNA Repair in Action

    Images of natural repairs being made on DNA damaged by oxidation have been captured by chemists at Harvard University. The damage is an inevitable consequence of breathing. Roughly 100,000 times…

  • The Harvard Alumni Association Board of Directors

    The purpose of the Harvard Alumni Association (HAA) is to promote the welfare of Harvard University and to establish a mutually beneficial relationship between Harvard University and its alumni. The…

  • Cultural Transplant — Sophomore Jesus Aleman moves between two worlds

    When he was 5 years old, Jesus Aleman ’02 began working in the fields with his family in northern Mexico. He picked cotton and helped grow watermelons, and he learned…

  • Immersed in Words: Connie Juel Plans to Take Harvard into Schools

    Newly appointed professor of education and incoming director of the Harvard Literacy Laboratory Connie Juel is moving some of the services of the renowned lab into public schools. This is…

  • Metaphors That Open Doors

    “Is the brain shaped and even changed by its experiences with language?” wonders Mary Helen Immordino-Yang. “Does language change the way people think?” A former seventh-grade science teacher, Immordino-Yang is…

  • Portrait of an Artist’s Mind

    Melding the tools of cognitive development, developmental psychology, art, brain-imaging technology, and education, Kim Sheridan is trying to unlock the mystery of artistic taste. It has taken years for Sheridan…

  • Looking Inside of Learning

    Michael Connell’s fascination with “neural networks”–computer programs that simulate the activity of brain cells or neurons and actually learn over time–stems in no small part from a “crystallizing moment” he…

  • Dropping Dyslexia’s Baggage

    Juliana Paré-Blagoev believes that brain scan studies will not only yield scientific clues for furthering treatment of dyslexia, but also subtle, easily overlooked benefits–such as a sense of hope, that…

  • Shifting Ground: Busing through the Eyes of a Southie Schoolboy

    In his book All Souls: A Family Story from Southie, Michael MacDonald chronicles his childhood in a predominantly poor, Irish-American neighborhood in Boston during the antibusing riots of the 1970s.…

  • Envisioning the Ideal Education President

    In this season of presidential primaries, education has at long last become a critical component of the stump speech, superceding even crime and foreign affairs. Every candidate is eager to…

  • Undergraduate Witnesses Birth of a Goddess

    Anna Portnoy had come halfway around the world to witness the birth of a goddess. It was a difficult delivery. As a junior concentrating in the Study of Religion, Portnoy…

  • Hindu Monk and Swami To Give Lecture Friday

    His Holiness Bhakti Bhavana Vishnu Maharaj, a Hindu monk and swami of the Gaudiya Vaishnava lineage, will give a lecture titled “Gaudiya Vaishnavism: The Spiritual Science of Vedic India” on…

  • Art Museums Celebrate a Decade of Collecting

    Beginning in March, the Harvard University Art Museums will present the first in a series of exhibitions showcasing a decade of additions to their collections. More than 475 works will…

  • Design Students Envision Future in Middle East Border Cities

    Mention the word “studio,” and one generally thinks of an artist’s garret, preferably one with northern light. At the Harvard Graduate School of Design (GSD), however, a studio has no…